2007 Wildfires

1. 2007 Wildfires UNIFIED COMMAND BRIEFING May 22, 2007

2. Silence All Phones and Pagers Please move conversations into ESF rooms and busy out all phones. Thanks for your cooperation.

3. Fire Medical Stress Severe Weather Parking Safety Briefing

4. SEOCLEVEL212 Hour Operations

5. EOC Staffing • STATE COORDINATING OFFICER – Craig Fugate • SERT CHIEF – David Halstead • OPERATIONS CHIEF – Leo Lachat • PLANS CHIEF – Capt Jeffrey Hancock • LOGISTICS CHIEF – Chuck Hagan • FINANCE & ADMIN CHIEF – Cherie Trainor • PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER – Mike Stone • RECOVERY – Marcia Chiricos

6. Coordinating Officers Craig Fugate Up Next – SERT Chief

7. SERT Chief David Halstead Up Next – Meteorology

8. Meteorology Amy Frank Up Next – Forestry

11. Tuesday Warnings, Watches and Advisories Red Flag Warning Fire Weather Watch Small Craft Advisory

13. Forecast Wind Speed and Direction Forecast Wind Gusts

14. 8 AM TUESDAY 12 PM TUESDAY

15. Thursday

19. Forecast Rainfall through 8 AM Wed

20. Panhandle & North Florida • Dry, breezy this afternoon • Smoke moves west and northwest • No rain until Sunday/Monday Central Florida • Onshore winds keep humidity up (E coast) • Windy • Dry (interior, West Coast) South Florida • Rain • Windy

21. Division of Forestry Up Next – Planning Up Next – Operations Up Next – Planning

22. Plans Esther Johnson Up Next – Operations

23. Plans • Planning Assumptions • Fire related surge on hospital & pre-hospital systems will increase • Wildfires in SE US are limiting available mutual aid resources for suppression activities in Florida • Eastern winds 10-20MPH, with higher gusts; Chance of lighting induced wildfires in South Florida; Red Flag Warnings are in effect for all northern Florida and the western Peninsula • Frequent road closures on various roads in impacted area, including I-10/I-75; more road closures expected • Driving conditions remain dangerous in the effected areas; driving conditions can change rapidly. • Effects of drought may potentially impact fire suppression

24. Plans

26. Plans • Roadway Closures • (Per DOT, FHP and County Situation Reports) • Columbia County: US 441 from CR-246 to FL-GA state line • Open but Subject to Closure: US-441 from I-10 to SR-2 I-75 from GA/FL Border to Lake City I-10 from Live Oak to Sanderson

27. Operations Bob Howard Up Next – Operations Support

28. Operations Support Up Next – Emergency Services

29. Emergency Services Up Next – Human Services

30. Emergency Services • Current Issues • Tracking deployed resources • Monitor potential road closures • Unmet Needs • None • Future Operations • Continue to fill and complete resource requests • Continue to demobilize resources • Continue to monitor complex fires and individual fires throughout state

31. Human Services Up Next – Infrastructure

32. HUMAN SERVICES • Current Situation • No sheltering operations at this time • ARC had no feeding activity yesterday • No Unmet Needs

33. Future Operations Continue to monitor the situation Provide support if needed ARC remains on alert and can respond if needed HUMAN SERVICES

34. Infrastructure Up Next – Logistics

35. Logistics Up Next – EMAC Mutual Aid

36. EMAC Mutual Aid Up Next – Finance & Administration

37. Finance & Administration Up Next – Public Information Up Next – Public Information

38. Public Information Up Next – Recovery Up Next – Recovery

39. Recovery Up Next – SERT Chief Up Next – SERT Chief

40. SERT Chief David Halstead

41. Next Briefing May 23 1030 Hrs Branch Briefing